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Friday, June 1, 2012

Muhammad Aldjaidi's Kuota Kharma Race

Some people have seen too many
old and retro bicycles at our shop they thought we only build and repair
bicycles more than ten years old. On the contrary: even with years of
technological advance bicycles retain their simplicity, so the method of building
new bicycles is not a million years away from restoring the old ones. Recently
Muhammad “Mamad” Aldjaidi trusted us to build him a brand spanking new, lightweight,
wind cheating carbon fiber race bike.

Another household name on Jakarta’s
fixed gear scene, Mamad is an accomplished amateur racer with a couple of fixed
gear tournament wins under his belt. He wanted to step up his game, he wanted a lightweight race-ready roadbike.

The Kharma is Kuota’s best
selling carbon road bike, and with good reason. The 50cm monocoque frame is
constructed from 12K carbon fiber with matching fork. The wind-cheating frame
profiling added to Kharma’s versatility, making this frame a do-it-all bike
that covers sportive riding, road racing and triathlon. SRAM’s second from the
top end Force componentry compliments the frame with carbon fiber crank arms, rear
derailer cage, and brifters.

To embrace the future of roadbike
technology a set of Fulcrum Racing 3 wheels are fitted. The Two-to One Spoke
Ratio maintains the even balance of spoke tensions between drive and non-drive
sides of the wheels. The 2-Way Fit technology let the rims to be fitted with
both traditional clincher or tubeless tires, in this case we fit them with
Panaracer Race Type A with conventional inner tubes.